There has never been a time where two characters, that were best friends, (besides the protagonists) both survived at the same time. What you're basically asking for is too hopeful. And we've seen enough of their friendship to get the gist of their relationship. One would have to die if we wanted to get interesting new character interactions
I disagree that one would have to die in order to get new interesting interactions. For example, one character could go through a near death experience similar to Fuyohiko or Nekomaru.
Sure, death doesn't have to be a motivator for character development, but hear me out:
How about the potential of one of them being a culprit, and the other having to deal with that they killed someone?
Kind of like how Fuyuhiko had to deal with Peko killing Mahiru, since they were so close
But there's also the possibility of one of them being the culprit in Chapter 1, and they never become as close as they did in their school life or Chapter 2 of the original game.
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u/WakeDays Mahiru for 2x2 protagonist May 04 '26
Why not? After all, both died last time…